[FoxHunt] Fox hunt scoring

[Jim Korenz]

Hi All,
    Here in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio everyone likes to
hunt, but no one wants to hide. We solved this problem
when one of the regular hunter's wife volunteered to
be the "permanent" fox. We score on time, but
everybody gets to hunt.
    Jim Korenz N8PXW

--- John Munsey <munseyj@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Here in Daytona Beach, FL we use a handicap
> procedure.
> 
> The winner has a five minute handicap for the next
> hunt and to lose the 
> handicap he/she must come in second or worse. 
> Should that team come in 
> first again, in spite of the handicap, another five
> minutes are added to 
> the handicap.  This continue until that team is
> second or worse.
> 
> You could use miles and/or time as the handicap. 
> With you large hunt group 
> you could require third or worse to lose the
> handicap.
> 
> YES, there are sandbaggers!  We now rotate the duty
> of being the hider so 
> that the winner does not automatically become the
> next hider.  Lets 
> everyone hunt to win.
> 
> BTW.... Anyone coming to the Daytona Beach area will
> be welcome to hunt 
> with us.  Check our web site... dbara.org or email
> me for info if you are 
> planning a trip to this area.
> 
> John, KB3GK
> 
> 
> At 05:45 PM 11/30/2002 11/30/2002, you wrote:
> >Greetings from Pennsylvania!
> >We have an active fox hunting group with eight to
> ten teams showing up 
> >monthly for our hunts.  The problem is the winner
> of the hunt is usually 
> >one of four individuals.  The rest of the hunters
> just don't do that well 
> >to finish first.  We have hunters for many years
> that have never won a 
> >hunt.  We have tried to tutor some of these guys to
> improve their 
> >performance but I think some of them are
> permanently directionally 
> >impaired.  In spite of this, these guys
> consistently show up and love fox 
> >hunting, sometimes I wonder if they are
> sandbagging!!
> >We use lowest mileage as the winning criteria with
> time as a tie breaker 
> >if the mileage is within 5%.   The winner of the
> hunt is the fox for the 
> >next hunt.
> >
> >Does anyone have any suggestions as to how we might
> improve this so other 
> >individuals might be the fox.  We tried using
> second place if the first 
> >place winner had already served as a fox within the
> last 12 months but 
> >that didn't work because the second place winner
> was usually one of the 
> >top four.  Our goal is to circulate the fox duties
> among the active 
> >participants.
> >Our latest idea is a lottery that all the players
> are put in a hat except 
> >for those that have been a fox within the last 6
> months.  Some like it 
> >some don't.
> >
> >Any suggestions?
> >
> >Visit our web page at
>
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze26tzn/stories.htm
> >
> >Thanks & 73
> >Bob K3DBD
> >
> >
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